December 10, 2024March 10, 2025 by pa consulnamib

NAMIBIA ELECTS NANDI-NDAITWAH AS COUNTRY’S FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT

From freedom fighter to Namibia’s first female president

*Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, won with 57 percent of the vote*.

She got her start in politics by taking part in the country’s underground independence movement in the 1970s. She returned from the UK to join parliament in 1990 and went on to serve as minister with several portfolios over the years.